tackle
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Four decades after the historic Plaza Accord, world leaders are facing growing pressure for a new currency agreement to tackle China’s undervalued yuan and massive trade surplus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Kevin Warsh has kept his views on interest rates close to the vest, leaving investors and Fed officials to guess how he plans to tackle persistent inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
"It takes people working together and sharing ideas, and for the government to recognise this, to tackle this."
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
More broadly, the method could help scientists tackle problems in which successful results are uncommon, the number of possible experiments is enormous, and testing every option would be prohibitively expensive.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
When she is unable to avoid the matter further, she makes a pot of tea and begins to tackle the mountains of paper.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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Interior offensive linemen, right tackles, and tight ends were cheap.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
"I can't accept, and we shouldn't accept, losing individual battles, duels, second balls, not winning enough tackles and just getting the momentum of the game going our way," the former Hearts manager added.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Led by Brittany Howard, the reunited soul-rock band tackles love, nature and a fraying American optimism on ‘I Must Be Dreaming,’ its first album in more than a decade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
She tackles an often-neglected side of caregiving with clarity and meticulousness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Every now and then someone would come up to me and whisper, “Hey, Robert, put me down for a couple of extra tackles, would you?”
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
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Aditi Shrikant and Beth Pinsker tackled the above question:
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
She tackled “diva” with Mariah Carey and “bimbo” with Paris Hilton.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
So the head of communications, for instance, became the head of finance as they tackled issues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
LFB said the cause of the fire was not yet known, but firefighters tackled a blaze at the same facility in June.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
She fell to the ground and Moss tried to rush to her side, but his mother practically tackled him.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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Scott made unfavorable headlines against the 49ers after an abysmal tackling effort during Jacob Cowing’s 83-yard punt return for a touchdown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
"As the first minister has made clear, government has a vital role to play in tackling violence against women and girls, but lasting change requires all of us to play our part."
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Hyundai is tackling the brain and supply-chain elements, the JPMorgan analysis said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Wendy’s is rolling out a five-point strategy tackling food quality and value, operations, store upgrades, marketing and digital sales.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
Twig yelped, practically tackling me into a hug.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
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